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Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
HeudershOt---The Drummer Boy of
the RapahannOck.

The drummer with his drum,
Shouting Come! heroes. come"
Forward march, higher higher.
When the veterans turned pale,
And the bullets fell like hail
In that hurricane OF fire,
Beat his drum,
Shouting Come !"
And the fife
In the strife,
Joined the drum, Drum
And the fifer with his fife, and the drummer
with his drum
We're heard above the strife and the bursting of
the bomb,
Bomb, fomb. bomb.
Clouds of smoke hung like pail
over tent and dome and ball;
Hot shot and blazing bomb
Cut down our volunteers,
Swept off our engineers;
Eut the drummer beat his drum,
And he beat
No retreat ~
With his drum;
Through the fire,
Hotter higher,
Trobbed the drum, drum drum,
In that hurricane of flame, and the thunder of
the bomb,
Braid the laurel wreath OF fame for the hero OF
the drum,
The hero of the drum,
Drum, drum, drum.
Where the Rappahannock runs,
The sulphur-throated guns
Poured out iron hail and fire;
But the heroes in the boats
Needed not tho sulphur throats,
For they looked up higher, higher,
While the drum,
Never dumb,
Beat. beat beat,
TIL the
Touched the shores
And the fleet feet feet
OF the soldiers on the shore, with the bayonct
and gun,
Though the drum could beat no more, made the
daring rebels run,
Run, run, run.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
Flat Chests in Society.

Every woman will Of course deny that she
laces. Avery eminent lady specialist of New
York said, however, few weeks since, that
you could not lay the weight of your finger
on an exposed vein without limiting its nat
ural flow of blood. She also said that she
had not had a female patient for many
months who had drawn a full breath-one
which expanded her lungs to their full ca
pacity-for year. The doctors and drug.
gists could, if they chose, tell story concern
ing American women which would to the
intelligent ear be startling. They say that
perfectly sound girl of 20 is uncommon in
society. The female aristocracy in one Sec
ton Of the lard have decreed fiat chests to be
the proper thing, because many Of them,
through relaxed muscles and diminished
strength, were poverty stricken in curving
lines of beauty. They had fine working
majority with which to pass the fashionable
law. Those fiat chests were simply the nat.
ural result of generation or SO of dressing
and living on the fashionable American plan
New York Times.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
The Food of the AristOcracy.

Some startling revelations have recently
been published in Paris as to the materials of
French cookery, and especially of Partisan
butter A correspondent sends the following
story, of which he guarantees the accuracy,
as to not dissimilar state of things in
London:
l happen to know man who makes a liv-
ing by collecting the rancid butter and dirty
butter scrapings from the butter shops, and
then retailing them to West-end confection-
ersl The other day met him wheeling a
truck load of the loathsome looking stuff
along the Bayswater road.
"Hullo!n exclaimed I, "what in the name of
goodness have you got therea" for really l
could not tell from the look of it, it was SO
dirty and discolored, while the stencil it gave
out, when | went up to it, was something
fearful
"Oh," he replied, with quite business air,
''it's offal"
"But, what kind of offal9 1t smells almost
bad enough to knock you DOWN.
"Why, butter offal."
"Indeedl DO you mind telling me what
you're going to do with it?'
"Make it into Jumps, and then take it round
to the confectioners"
"The confectionersl What do they want it
for? 1t would poison dog"
"Perhaps So" responded my friend, with
something very like a grin; ~but, none the
less, it don't poison the aristocracy."
"What do you mean?"
"Why, that it's used in the pastry fal-de-
hls they're so fond Of"
"But not as it is, surely?"
"Oh, no. they first purify it some way"
Chicago Times.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
Almost a New Magazine.

1t is not publicly known, perhaps, that some
time since a syndicate was formed by Dr.
William A. Hammond, Julian Hawthorne,
George Parsons Lathrop and Irving Bachelor,
whose object was the establishment OF a new
magazine in New York. The scheme came
very near to the climax of realization, but
was finally upset, and DR.. Hammond and MIR.
Racheller washed their hands of the affair
and stepped down and out. Recently, how
ever. DR.. Hammond, who still has a large
sized literary bee in his bonnet, has been In
negotiations with Mr.. F. B. Thurber, with a
view to booming a new magazine with the
solid backing of this well known capitalist.
This scheme had progressed some way when
Mr.. Thurber called in as an expert in his
councils a well known advertising agent on
Park row. Mr. Thurber knew well that ad-
vertisements are the sinews of the success OF
a magazine, and he asked for an approximate
estimate from this agent, who has charge OF
the ssspace, of the established magazines. The
agent of course was impartial and presented
a resume of frozen facts as to the history OF
saveral defunct magazines, such as The
GALAXY. The Manhattan, etc. Finally, as the
narrative of the fortunes sunk in such ven-
tures reached its climax, Mr.. Thorber ex-
citedly burst forth with: "That Will do, thank
vou. sir: no more - American opera for
me. New York Graphic.
A Change Of Station.
GI was not always in this station OF lie,
said the hack driver plaintively as he reached
for his fee.
@Indeed"
"No, sir. At one time was well known
and promising lawyer"
.Well, how do you feel over your promo
tion7" was the unfeeling rejoinder.-Mer-
chant Traveller.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
LINcOLN'S CELEBRATED PHRASE.
HE Made no Pretense of Originality in
the Matter" Says Ward ii. Lamon.

For using, in his Gettysburg speech, the
celebrated phrase "the government of the
people, by the people, and for tie people
shall not perish from the earth," Mr.. Lincoln
has been subjected to brutal criticism as well
as the most groundless fattery. Some have
been base enough to insinuate against that
great and sincere man the crime of willful
plagiarism; others have ascribed to him the
honor of originating the phrase entire There
is injustice to him in either view of the case.
personally know that Mr.. Lincoln made no
pretense of originality in the matter, nor was
he conscious of having appropriated the
thought or the words of any other man.
If he be subject to the charge of plagiar-
ism, so is the great Webster, who used sub
stantially the same phrase in his celebrated
reply to Hayne. Each may have acquired
the peculiar form Of expression the thought
itself being as old as the republican idea of
government by the process known as uncon-
scious appropriation. Certain it is that
neither Webster nor Lincoln originated the
phrase. Let us see how the case stands:
In the preface to the old Wickliffe Bible,
published A. d. 1924, is the following declara-
ton: "This Bible is for the government of
the people, by the people and for the people,"
which language is identical with that em-
ployed by Mr.. Lincoln in his Gettysburg
speech. In an address before the New England
anti-slavery convention in Boston, May 20,
1850, Theodore Parker defined democracy as "a
government of all the people, by all the people,
for all the people Of course" Substantially
the same phrase was used by Judge Joel
Parker in the Massachusetts, constitutional
convention in 1858. A distinguished diplo-
mat has acquainted me with the singular fact
that almost the identical phrase employed by
Mr.. Lincoln was used in another language,
by person "whose existence even was not
probably known TO Mr.. Webster, the Park
ers or Mr.. Lincoln, and who certainly did not
borrow it from them" On page 81 of work
entitled ''Geschichte der Schweizerischen
Regeneration Won 1880 bis 1913, Won P. Fed
dersen," appears an account of public meet
ing held at Often, Switzerland, in May, 1880.
On that occasion a speaker named Schinz
used the following language: "All the gov
ernments of Switzerland referring to the
cantons) must acknowledge that they are
simply from the people, by the people, and
for the people. Ward H. Lannon's Letter.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
A Domestic Fowls Dictionary.

Tr-ka-do-dle-do-o-o-Ch of male
Tuck, tuck. tuck-Food call OF male.
R-a-r-r-e-Announcing presence OF hawk.
Cut-cut-ca-da-cut-An of egg
laying.
Cluck, cluck, cluck-Call of young.
Kerr, kerr, kerr-Song of contentment OF
hen.
C-r-a-w-zz-e-Quietin young chicks.
W-h-o-o-l-e (whistle)-Expression OF appre-
hension at night
C-r-a-i-a-i-o-u-Terror and protest at cap
ture.-Wide Awake.
nenry george adopted peculiar ard un-
heard of method for abolishing poverty when
he started a newspaper. Still, perhaps he
wishes to obtain a practical experience OF
poverty before making any direct efforts To-
ward its abolition. Citizen.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
Helena Montana. Thursday, November II, 1887.
A PATHETIC CASE.
Curious Instance of Double Life.Sad Re.
suits of an Inherited Weakness.

suits of an Inherited Weakness.
A curious instance of double life was re-
Gently disclosed in Brooklyn by the flight Of
a servant from the home of family on the
Hill. The girl came to America with her
father and mother some years ago, and her
parents having died of alcoholism shortly
after their establishment here, she was left an
orphan, without friends or resources. 1t was
perilous position for a girl to be placed in,
but if temptation ever came to her she never
yielded to it, and it was but few weeks be-
fore she obtained employment as housemaid
and children's nurse in the home before men.
toned. She was given employment without
the exaction of recommendations, and amply
justified the trust placed in her by her mod
esty, her industry, her intelligence ard the
almost maternal regard that she had for the
children of the family. Her father had been
a civil engineer in England, who had given
his daughter an education before he came to
this country to fill drunkards grave. and
her manners and apparently her tastes and
feelings were those Of lady. She never pre-
sumed on the confidence and esteem that
were bestowed upon her, and was faithful in
the smallest details of her trust.
Recently the family went to the country,
leaving her to put the city house in order and
to follow in day or two. She did not fol-
low, but letter in her handwriting was re-
ceived at the time that she was due, and was
read by the family with amazement. 1t
stated that when the letter was received she
would be on the ocean on her way back to
England; that she had saved enough from
her wages to buy steerage ticket, and that
she intended on reaching the other side to
place herself in an inebriate home. The de-
sire for liquor, that she had inherited, was
more than she could master; she had secretly
tippled during her long service with the fam
lily, and felt that she was no fit companion for
the children. She begged pardon for her
hasty departure and rendered thanks for the
kindness shown to her.
On receipt of this letter the master of the
house fastened back to town, a prey to sun
dry misgivings, but among all the pictures,
bric-a-brac, costly books, jewelry and other
convertible articles that had been left within
reach not thing had been taken. Every
room had been neatly swept and busted, doors
and windows were fastened, the refrigerator
dried, everything was left in first class order
but half bottle of brandy in :he cupboard
was missing. The case is strange and pathetic.
Brooklyn Eagle Rambler
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
AN INTERRUPTED LUNCH.
A Collar Button Boy Gets His Ears Cuffed
and a Five Dollar Gold Piece.

d
At an early hour the other afternoon,
well known member of the bar strolled into
a prominent resort and ordered lunch. He
examined the bill of fare and selected few
of the choicest articles. In order to get his
appetite to the right tension he first drank an
absnthe frappe, then he ate delicate salad,
and topped off with nibbling at an olive. In
the meantime his interest was aroused by
watching the skillful cook manipulate the
various articles intended for his lunch. Some
friends came in and asked the lawyer to join
them in social round, but he declined. All
his thoughts were centered upon thickend
rare steak that was just ready. Another
friend came in and with breezy air wanted
the lawyer to join him in arranging for
boom in Milpitas real estate.
The hungry man steadily declined to do
anything until his lunch was eaten. He
savagely affirmed that so long as the stomach
was empty he would not discuss booms,
stocks or baseball, while for Milpitas he did
not care a rap By this time the meal was
ready and deftly placed before the hungry
lawyer He spread some mustard on the
juicest piece of the steak and severed just a
bit to enjoy its fragrant aroma. Before the
bonne bouche reached his mouth a small boy
touched his arm and said, briskly: "Don't
you want to buy some collar buttons? The
lawyer put down his fork, and, glowering at
the intruder, said, firmly: "No, don't want
anything" With a savage prod the steak
was again impaled, and again passed toward
his mouth The hungry mans teeth did not
get fairly good hold when the same small
boy renewed the attack, and this time he
offered the lawyer his whole tray from which
to select a bauble.
This interruption was the last straw that
broke the self control of the tried and hungry
lawyer. He gulped down the bit of steak,
and with a sudden blow, he cuffed the boys
ears, and knocked the tray to the floor The
boy did not object, but stopped to gather up
his wares, that were scattered fbout the tiled
floor. Before they were hall restored he
burst into tears, but he tried hard to make no
noise. The lawyer went on with his meal as
if nothing had taken place But suddenly
gancing at the boy he noticed his abject con-
dtion, and caught the echo of faint Sob
This was too much for the man. His better
nature instantly asserted itself. and leaving
his seat, he went to the boy and took his
hand. "Sonny, did wrong, and beg your
pardon. Here, take this and leave me alone"
was his quick response. The boys face
frightened, and his little hand grasped q five
dollar gold piece that was left by the lawyer.
''Thankee, sir" was the boys only answer as
he left the place.-San Francisco Call.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
Early Chicago Piety.

Mamma" said little Chicago boy as lie
watched swallow circling high up in the
air, II wish was bird"
"Bad men or boys might put an end to
your little life. my son, if you were bird"
"Yes, but s'pose flied too high for 'em to
hit me with gum"
"Then some hawk might pounce on yon
and carry you off,"
aYes but s'pose flied clear away up, close
enough to heaven for God to reach down and
take me in Wouldn't that be a good joke on
the awk?'-Chicago Tribune
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
Sundowers fo- E'uel.

SunHowers are used in Wyoming territory
for fuel. The stalks when dry are as hard a
maple wood and make a hot fire, and the
seed heads with the seeds in are said to burn
better than the best hard coal. An acre OF
sunaowers will furnish fuel for one stove FOL
= year.-Public Opinion.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24

How few of those who are capable of feel
ing an impression are capable also of present
ing it, SO that others shall feel it through
ta,eir words.-Cbristian Reid.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24

That Is, If He Was Just Learning.
@What was Nero's greatest act OF cruelty"
asked the teacher of the class in history.
aPlayin' the fddle," was the prompt re-
sponse; and the teacher let it go at that
washington Critic.
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
One of the Rising Ones.

One Of the RISING Ones'
GMy son." inquired the minister, "can you
raneat the Ten Commandments"
.aNo. sir, but can light . cigarette In the
v;nd the first trial.r-Detroit Free Press
Helena weekly herald., 1887-11-24
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A Mexican Bird.Seller's Trick.

Every here and there in tho City of
Mexico may be seen a man standing on
the curbstone holding out his finger, on
which perches n dainty bird, with
never an attempt to spread its wings
and fly away, although its little, beady,
bright eyes arc full of terror Mt tho roar
of tho street. Is the little creature
druggcd2 No; it is too alert md bright
of gaze for that. What, then, is the
secret of its tameness2 1t is in like con-
dition to the jumping frog of Calaveras,
the vender having taken the precaution
to fill up its gullet with shot before sal
lying forth to find an unpostcd pur-
| chaser.
1t is unsafe to buy birds sold in the
City of Mexico, except with theeprccau-
ton of keeping them several days on
trial. lest they die shortly, and after a
bargain is concluded after such q test,
they should never be trusted in tic
Jlands of the seller, who will administer
u dose which will kill them after q GER
tain periol !, to leave o vacancy for fresh
sale.-lSan Francisco Chronicle.
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A Curious Creature.

Count Joachim Pfeil, the German
African explorer, who has left Germany
as govcrnor-gencral Of Somall country,
gives tn: following account Of a mys-
terious creature seen on the coast of the
Ulanga. district: ave often saw an
animal in the water which We first be-
licved to be a serpent from its move
ments, and from the fact that only now
and then it appeared on the surface for
a few seconds. Once, when we shot at
it, we were surprised to see it rise out of
the water and fly away. Afterward we
succeeded in obtaining one of the curious
creatures. It was the size of a large
game duck, with black plumage and a
metallic lustre. On its wings VIC noticed
a few very light yellow feathers. The
neck was very long and thin, and ended
in q long, pointed bcak, at the edge of
which were two rows of sharp teeth. At
first sight no head was visible, and tho
neck appeared to end only in q baak.
The whole body of the bird is under
water while swimming, only tho long
neck was seen. If it was frightened it
disappeared altogether under the water,
or flew rapidly away. Another peculiar
ity which we noticed was that when the
bird had left the water it lay down on a
bush with outstretched wingsto get dry.
The flesh of this creature has IN unpleas-
ant, oily flavor"
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JAGGERs,

Mr.: Rider Haggard, the author Of
"She!" was recently in q booksellers
shop. A smartly-dressed lady entered,
and inquired for Mr.. Haggard's books.
She demurred at the price, remarking,
The fact is, | am to meet the author
at dinner to night, and l want to read
him up u bit, but he is not worth thirty
shillingsw
Mrs. Simmons, of Canaw angus, N. Y,
stood by the widow with a steele fork
in her hand the other day
during a heavy thunder storm. Sud.
denly there was a binding flash Of
lightning which rendered her lnsensi-
BILE for about two hours. The house
was not struck, neither did any of tho in
mates experience any shock.
According to the "Diaro Romano" it
1t is now precisely 2,641 years since Mr..
Romulus, c.. f., first laid out the streets
and lots of Rome, and the event is still
celebrated in the Eternal city by the H.
Elimination of the coliseum and the Fo-
rum and by banquets at which the men,
DRY of the distinguished citizen is ap-
propriately disposed in silence.
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Wilbur Voted Aye.

Everybody i'll Dakota knows Wilbur
IF. Steele. He was n member of the
Legislature from Steele county. There
is an incident in Stcclc's legislative
career that goes very far TO show his
characteristic regard for his wife. He
has ono fault, however. lie takes no
stock in woman suffrage--cXcept when
he is obliged to. On the occasion in
question tho Woman Suffrage bill was
before the House. Maj. Hickey was
championing the cause of the fair sex
la eloquent words when u call was made
for . vote. and the clerk proceeded to
call the roll. When Stcele's name was
reached he rose with tho dignity of a
Dcmosthenes and commenced:
.sMr. Speaker, I am sorry that I can
not support this bill, but ="
AT that moment a we'll dressed LADY
was seen to bend over the gallery rail.
In q loud voice she exclaimed:
sew -i-l-b-i-r!"
he glanced upward. 1t was enough.
He turned and said:
Mr.. Speaker, I vote aye"
The lady was S:cc)e's wife. -[STinne-
s%xriSx IournnLs 9&
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PROF. LOIsETTE AND COLLEGES
How tho Famous Memorv.Teacb, doom
!tes His Timo-The busiest Man /,

How the Famous Memory-Teacho- Occu.
!te. His Timo-Ths busiest Man in
For instance, during tho week commenc-
Ing May 8. On that evening he gave the first
OF ms course OF nye lectures to a second clas,
a. ale or Soo students. May 10. he gave tho
nrst lecture to a class of 400 students at the
university Of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
May ii, he gave the third Of hi, course 10 loo
Columbia law students. May IL. he gave the
Grst lecture to 300 lady stud ents Of Wellesley
college, Mass, and May ID he gave the second
lecture 1T the University Of Psnnsyivania.
8 A. n. till noon of every day. During this time
no runs through his correspondence, giving
his assistants the most minute and detailed in
struotions In regard 10 each letter received
or any Other matter that is brought to his no.
ttce. In tho afternoon he travels out Of town.
and IN the evening g:ves his lecture, always
morning. He endures all this ino.sssnt occu.
patton and necessitated broken sleep because
ne loves bis work and because he takes good
care Of his health. He CLAIMS that the warm
weather Is the best time in the year for study.
Tho lectures, it is true. are not essential 10
tho mastery Of tho Professors svstem, since
MS printed lesson-pApers are full and COM
Plete. enabling any one to learn.=N. y. KorId
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Six Years q Sufferer with Neuralgia.
Rochester, N. y, April 18th, 1856.

Rochester, N. y, April 7th, 1886.
GENTs:-For six years my wife has suffered
greatly with Neuralgia pains in her head and
neck, and at times in the stomach and about
the heart. She had been confined to her bel
for days Mt n time, suffering the most cxegu-
ciating pains. We employed medical aid,
but only found temporary relief. For the
past two months she has boon using DR.. Par
ee's Remedy, and she is now entirely free
from pain, and feels as we'll as ever. | most
c~heerfuliy recommend it to all who are
afflicted with Neuralgia, for I know it will
cure it.
Iam,v very respectfully yours,
THOMAS BAKER.
80 Contractor and Builder.
Cor. Frank and Montrose streets.